The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET during the month of January 2016 were published by Verisign. China related domain names dominate the .com list. “Smith” and “Lock” are the only common …
Read More »Donuts Partners With The MPAA To Reduce Online Piracy
Donuts and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) jointly announced an agreement to help ensure that websites using domains registered with Donuts are not engaged in large-scale piracy. Under the terms of the agreement, …
Read More »New gTLD Utilization Report (.brands, “suspicious” new gTLDs & .bank)
The latest edition of CSC’s New gTLD Utilization Report shows .brand launches continuing to pick up speed, more new gTLDs climbing up the Alexa rankings and some interesting examples of new gTLDs in use. They …
Read More »Do You Want To Activate Astoria .nyc Or Harlem .nyc? A “Without Cause” Clause Might Stop You!
The deBlasio Administration’s licensing initiative for the neighborhood domain names is currently accepting applications. So if you’re a neighborhood activist or budding media mogul, and want to activate Astoria.nyc, ConeyIsland.nyc, GreenwichVillage.nyc, Harlem.nyc or any of …
Read More »Göran Marby Named as ICANN President and CEO
Göran Marby, an experienced business executive and government leader has been named the next President and Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). “I’m delighted to announce Göran as …
Read More »GodsOfEgypt.MOVIE Is The 1st New Domain In A Super Bowl Ad (GodsOfEgyptMovie.com Is Parked)
During yesterday’s Super Bowl coverage, a trailer for the upcoming film Gods of Egypt aired that directed viewers to the domain name GodsOfEgypt.MOVIE. This was a first time that a New TLD domain name was …
Read More ».CLUB Sells 408 Premium Domain Names For $142,470
.Club had another 6-figure month with $142,470.52 in premium name sales for January. While not as dramatic as November and December, the January sales were still over 13% higher than then record breaking October sales. …
Read More ».EU Domains Increase To 3.87 Million
The latest progress report from the .eu registry, EURid, is out and is showing that during Q4 2015, the number of .eu registrations increased by 7 937 domain names, a net increase of 0.2%, to …
Read More »Sedo Sells 588 Domains For $1 Million: 2230.com $24,944, choose.co.uk 16.500 GBP
In the past week 588 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1 million. Sedo does not report domains that are part of private sales or domains that sold for less than 700 USD/EUR/GBP. Over 62% of total sales were the result of …
Read More »New York Gets Ultrafast Public Wi-Fi From Link.NYC (video)
In a few months, New York City will make history: The city’s 8.5 million residents, along with tourists, will be able to access ultra-fast Wi-Fi anywhere in the city, at zero cost. LinkNYC is a …
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Google new spam policy: Expired domain abuse
Google announced the March 2024 core update that they claim is designed to improve the quality of Search by showing less content that feels like it was made to attract clicks, and more content that people find useful. They also shared that Google has new spam policies to better handle …
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Buyer of Cofounders .com shares his thought process
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Ladies and gentlemen this is Rick Schwartz
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7 things Jordan Fried learned about domains (Owner of NFT.com and PuertoRico.com)
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Mike Mann says GoDaddy domain appraisals are a total scam and a racket
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Upcoming changes to Dan.com
GoDaddy and DAN want to move towards a simplified Aftermarket experience so they are announcing three upcoming changes to Dan.com. 1. Payout Currency Selection Starting on July 5th, you can choose a preferred payout currency in your payout settings. This enables payouts in either US Dollars (USD), Great British Pounds …
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Dan.com landers are now available on Afternic
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DAN: Import Lease to Own (LTO) transactions with a 10% commission
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7 things Jordan Fried learned about domains (Owner of NFT.com and PuertoRico.com)
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Liquid market report Q4 2022: $11.4M in Escrow.com sales